Page 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.,
on behalf of itself and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
vs.
International Paper Co; MeadWestvaco Corp.;
Norske Skogindustrier ASA; Norske Skog
North America LLC; Norske Skog (USA), Inc.;
Norske Skog (USA) Holdings, Inc.; Norske Skog
Canada Limited; Norske Skog Canada (USA),
Inc.; Stora Enso Oyj; Stora Enso North America
Corporation; Sappi Limited; S.D. Warren
Company; Metsälitto Group; Metsälitto
Cooperative; M-real Corporation; M-real USA
Corp.; UPM-Kymmene Corporation; Myllykoski
Corporation; Madison International Sales
Company; and Bowater, Inc.,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-11583-GAO
ASSENTED-TO MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO
MOVE, ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6, Defendant S. D. Warren Company (“S.D.
Warren”) moves to extend the time for Defendants who have been served or have waived service
in this action to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s complaint, dated July, 2004 (the “Complaint”), to the extent any of the above-referenced Defendants is required to
respond to the Complaint, until, and including, forty- five (45) days after a Consolidated
Amended Complaint is filed in the consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut. To
date, S.D. Warren, Bowater Incorporated; International Paper Co.; Madison International Sales
Company; M-Real USA Corporation; MeadWestvaco Corporation; Norske Skog (USA), Inc.;Page 2 Norske Skog Canada (USA) Inc.; Norkse Skog NA, LLC; and Stora Enso North America
Corporation (collectively the “Served Defendants”) have been served with or have waived
service of the Complaint. Counsel for S.D. Warren has conferred with counsel for each of the
other Served Defendants and is authorized to represent that all of the Served Defendants wish to
join in requesting that this assented-to motion be granted. 1
A.
BACKGROUND
The Served Defendants filed an Assented-To Motion To Extend Time To Move, Answer,
Or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint on September 2, 2004 (the “September Motion”).
As stated in the September Motion, the Plaintiff assented to extending the deadlines for the
Served Defendants to respond to the Complaint in this action until, and including, twenty (20)
days after the date upon which the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) entered an
order ruling on a motion to consolidate pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The
Court granted the September Motion on September 16, 2004. See Electronic Order dated
September 16, 2004 (O’Toole, J.). The JPML ruled on the motion to consolidate pretrial
proceedings on November 12, 2004. Accordingly, the deadline for the Served Defendants to
respond to the Complaint in this action is currently December 2, 2004.
The JPML issued an order on November 19, 2004, conditionally transferring this action
to the District of Connecticut for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to Rule 7.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the JPML. Neither the Plaintiff nor the Served Defendants
(the “Parties”) intend to object to transfer to the District of Connecticut. As a result, the Parties
expect this action to be formally transferred on or about December 6, 2004. Furthermore, the
This Motion is not filed on behalf of Defendant Norske Skog (USA) Holdings, Inc., which no longer exists.
-2-Page 3 Parties anticipate that the plaintiffs in at least some of the various cases consolidated in the
District of Connecticut will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint.
In order to minimize the burdens on the Parties and this Court, the deadlines for the
Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to the Plaintiff’s Complaint
should be stayed while the transfer to the District of Connecticut is pending.
B.
GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE COURT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR
THE SERVED DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND OR OTHERWISE PLEAD
Because of the JPML conditional transfer order, the likelihood that at least some of the
plaintiffs in the various cases consolidated in the District of Connecticut will file a Consolidated
Amended Complaint, and other facts described above, good cause exists for this Court to extend
the time for the Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s
Complaint, to the extent any of the Served Defendant is required to respond to the Complaint,
until, and including, forty- five (45) days after a Consolidated Amended Complaint is filed in the
consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut.
As indicated below, the Plaintiff has assented to the Served Defendants’ request for the
time sought herein.
WHEREFORE, for all of the reasons stated above, S.D. Warren, on behalf of itself and
the other Served Defendants listed below, respectfully requests that this Court grant the assentedto motion extending the time for the Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise
respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint, to the extent any Served Defendant is required to respond to the
-3-Page 4 Complaint, until, and including, forty-five (45) days after a Consolidated Amended Complaint is
filed in the consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut.
Respectfully submitted,
S.D. WARREN COMPANY
By its attorneys,
/s/ Jane E. Willis
Jane E. Willis (BBO# 568024)
Ryan M. DiSantis (BBO# 654513)
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
(617) 951-7000
(617) 951-7050 (facsimile)
Of Counsel:
Mark R. Merley
Julie B. Rottenberg
Arnold & Porter LLP Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
(202) 942-5321
(202) 942-5999 (facsimile)
Assented to:
/s/ Peter A. Pease / RMD with permission
Peter A. Pease (BBO# 392880)
Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo
One Liberty Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 542-8300
(617) 542-1194
Counsel for Plaintiff Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.
Dated: December 1, 2004
-4-Page 5 Other Joining Counsel for Defendants:
Michael E. Lackey, Jr.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1101
(202) 263-3000
(202) 263-3300 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Bowater Incorporated
Daniel Nelson
Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 955-8500
(202) 467-0539 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant International Paper Co.
Kenneth W. Ritt
Jonathan B. Tropp
Day, Berry & Howard LLP
One Canterbury Green
Stamford, CT 06901
(203) 977-7300
(203) 977-7301 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Madison
International Sales Company
Mark G. Cunha
Edward D. Hassi
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, LLP Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
(212) 455-3382
(212) 455-2502 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant M-Real USA Corporation
Joseph A. Ostoyich
Howrey Simon Arnold and White, LLP Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2402
(202) 383-7241
(202) 383-6610 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant
MeadWestvaco Corporation
-5-Page 6 Kenneth M. Kramer
Shearman and Sterling, LLP Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10022-6069
(212) 848-4000
(212) 848-7279 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog (USA) Inc.
Jesse W. Markham, Jr.
Morrison and Forester LLP Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
(415) 268-7000
(415) 268-7522 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog Canada (USA)
Inc.
Hugh F. Bangasser
Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104-1158 623-7580 623-7022 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog North
America, LLC
David Marx, Jr.
McDermott Will and Emery LLP West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60606-5096
(312) 372-2000
(312) 984-7700 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Stora Enso North America
Corporation
-6-Page 7 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Ryan M. DiSantis, hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing was
served electronically pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(D) or mailed this 1st day of December,, by First Class Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to:
Peter A. Pease
Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo
One Liberty Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 542-8300
(617) 542-1194 (facsimile)
Counsel for Plaintiff Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.
Michael E. Lackey, Jr.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1101
(202) 263-3000
(202) 263-3300 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Bowater Incorporated
Daniel Nelson
Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 955-8500
(202) 467-0539 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant International Paper Co.
Kenneth W. Ritt
Jonathan B. Tropp
Day, Berry & Howard LLP
One Canterbury Green
Stamford, CT 06901
(203) 977-7300
(203) 977-7301 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Madison
International Sales Company
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Stora Enso Oyj
Kanavaranta |
FIN-00160, Helsinki
FINLAND
UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Etelaesplanadi 2, FIN-0013
Helsinki
FINLAND
/s/ Ryan M. DiSantis
Ryan M. DiSantis
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.,
on behalf of itself and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
vs.
International Paper Co; MeadWestvaco Corp.;
Norske Skogindustrier ASA; Norske Skog
North America LLC; Norske Skog (USA), Inc.;
Norske Skog (USA) Holdings, Inc.; Norske Skog
Canada Limited; Norske Skog Canada (USA),
Inc.; Stora Enso Oyj; Stora Enso North America
Corporation; Sappi Limited; S.D. Warren
Company; Metsälitto Group; Metsälitto
Cooperative; M-real Corporation; M-real USA
Corp.; UPM-Kymmene Corporation; Myllykoski
Corporation; Madison International Sales
Company; and Bowater, Inc.,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-11583-GAO
ASSENTED-TO MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO
MOVE, ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6, Defendant S. D. Warren Company (“S.D.
Warren”) moves to extend the time for Defendants who have been served or have waived service
in this action to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s complaint, dated July
15, 2004 (the “Complaint”), to the extent any of the above-referenced Defendants is required to
respond to the Complaint, until, and including, forty- five (45) days after a Consolidated
Amended Complaint is filed in the consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut. To
date, S.D. Warren, Bowater Incorporated; International Paper Co.; Madison International Sales
Company; M-Real USA Corporation; MeadWestvaco Corporation; Norske Skog (USA), Inc.;
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Norske Skog Canada (USA) Inc.; Norkse Skog NA, LLC; and Stora Enso North America
Corporation (collectively the “Served Defendants”) have been served with or have waived
service of the Complaint. Counsel for S.D. Warren has conferred with counsel for each of the
other Served Defendants and is authorized to represent that all of the Served Defendants wish to
join in requesting that this assented-to motion be granted. 1
A.
BACKGROUND
The Served Defendants filed an Assented-To Motion To Extend Time To Move, Answer,
Or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint on September 2, 2004 (the “September Motion”).
As stated in the September Motion, the Plaintiff assented to extending the deadlines for the
Served Defendants to respond to the Complaint in this action until, and including, twenty (20)
days after the date upon which the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) entered an
order ruling on a motion to consolidate pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The
Court granted the September Motion on September 16, 2004. See Electronic Order dated
September 16, 2004 (O’Toole, J.). The JPML ruled on the motion to consolidate pretrial
proceedings on November 12, 2004. Accordingly, the deadline for the Served Defendants to
respond to the Complaint in this action is currently December 2, 2004.
The JPML issued an order on November 19, 2004, conditionally transferring this action
to the District of Connecticut for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to
Rule 7.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the JPML. Neither the Plaintiff nor the Served Defendants
(the “Parties”) intend to object to transfer to the District of Connecticut. As a result, the Parties
expect this action to be formally transferred on or about December 6, 2004. Furthermore, the
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This Motion is not filed on behalf of Defendant Norske Skog (USA) Holdings, Inc., which no longer exists.
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Parties anticipate that the plaintiffs in at least some of the various cases consolidated in the
District of Connecticut will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint.
In order to minimize the burdens on the Parties and this Court, the deadlines for the
Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to the Plaintiff’s Complaint
should be stayed while the transfer to the District of Connecticut is pending.
B.
GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE COURT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR
THE SERVED DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND OR OTHERWISE PLEAD
Because of the JPML conditional transfer order, the likelihood that at least some of the
plaintiffs in the various cases consolidated in the District of Connecticut will file a Consolidated
Amended Complaint, and other facts described above, good cause exists for this Court to extend
the time for the Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s
Complaint, to the extent any of the Served Defendant is required to respond to the Complaint,
until, and including, forty- five (45) days after a Consolidated Amended Complaint is filed in the
consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut.
As indicated below, the Plaintiff has assented to the Served Defendants’ request for the
time sought herein.
WHEREFORE, for all of the reasons stated above, S.D. Warren, on behalf of itself and
the other Served Defendants listed below, respectfully requests that this Court grant the assentedto motion extending the time for the Served Defendants to move, file an answer or otherwise
respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint, to the extent any Served Defendant is required to respond to the
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Complaint, until, and including, forty-five (45) days after a Consolidated Amended Complaint is
filed in the consolidated proceedings in the District of Connecticut.
Respectfully submitted,
S.D. WARREN COMPANY
By its attorneys,
/s/ Jane E. Willis
Jane E. Willis (BBO# 568024)
Ryan M. DiSantis (BBO# 654513)
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
(617) 951-7000
(617) 951-7050 (facsimile)
Of Counsel:
Mark R. Merley
Julie B. Rottenberg
Arnold & Porter LLP
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
(202) 942-5321
(202) 942-5999 (facsimile)
Assented to:
/s/ Peter A. Pease / RMD with permission
Peter A. Pease (BBO# 392880)
Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo
One Liberty Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 542-8300
(617) 542-1194
Counsel for Plaintiff Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.
Dated: December 1, 2004
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Other Joining Counsel for Defendants:
Michael E. Lackey, Jr.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP
1909 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1101
(202) 263-3000
(202) 263-3300 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Bowater Incorporated
Daniel Nelson
Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 955-8500
(202) 467-0539 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant International Paper Co.
Kenneth W. Ritt
Jonathan B. Tropp
Day, Berry & Howard LLP
One Canterbury Green
Stamford, CT 06901
(203) 977-7300
(203) 977-7301 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Madison
International Sales Company
Mark G. Cunha
Edward D. Hassi
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
(212) 455-3382
(212) 455-2502 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant M-Real USA Corporation
Joseph A. Ostoyich
Howrey Simon Arnold and White, LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2402
(202) 383-7241
(202) 383-6610 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant
MeadWestvaco Corporation
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Kenneth M. Kramer
Shearman and Sterling, LLP
599 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10022-6069
(212) 848-4000
(212) 848-7279 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog (USA) Inc.
Jesse W. Markham, Jr.
Morrison and Forester LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
(415) 268-7000
(415) 268-7522 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog Canada (USA)
Inc.
Hugh F. Bangasser
Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104-1158
206 623-7580
206 623-7022 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog North
America, LLC
David Marx, Jr.
McDermott Will and Emery LLP
227 West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60606-5096
(312) 372-2000
(312) 984-7700 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Stora Enso North America
Corporation
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Ryan M. DiSantis, hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing was
served electronically pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(D) or mailed this 1st day of December,
2004, by First Class Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to:
Peter A. Pease
Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo
One Liberty Square
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 542-8300
(617) 542-1194 (facsimile)
Counsel for Plaintiff Custom Printing of Willmar, Inc.
Michael E. Lackey, Jr.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP
1909 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1101
(202) 263-3000
(202) 263-3300 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Bowater Incorporated
Daniel Nelson
Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 955-8500
(202) 467-0539 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant International Paper Co.
Kenneth W. Ritt
Jonathan B. Tropp
Day, Berry & Howard LLP
One Canterbury Green
Stamford, CT 06901
(203) 977-7300
(203) 977-7301 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Madison
International Sales Company
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Edward D. Hassi
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
(212) 455-3382
(212) 455-2502 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant M-Real USA Corporation
M-Real Corporation
P.O.B. 10, FIN-02020
METSA
FINLAND
Joseph A. Ostoyich
Howrey Simon Arnold and White, LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2402
(202) 383-7241
(202) 383-6610 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant
MeadWestvaco Corporation
Metsalitto Group
P.O.B. 10, FIN-02020
METSA
FINLAND
Metsalitto Cooperative
Revontulentie 6, FIN-0210
ESPOO
FINLAND
Myllykoski Corporation
Etelaesplanadi 20, FIN-00130
Helsinki
FINLAND
Kenneth M. Kramer
Shearman and Sterling, LLP
599 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10022-6069
(212) 848-4000
(212) 848-7279 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog (USA), Inc.
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Jesse W. Markham, Jr.
Morrison and Forester LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
(415) 268-7000
(415) 268-7522 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog Canada (USA) Inc.
Hugh F. Bangasser
Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104-1158
(415) 268-7000
(415) 268-7522 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Norske Skog NA, LLC
Norske Skogindustrier ASA
Okenoyveien 80
1326 Lysaker
NORWAY
Norske Skog Canada Limited
250 Howe Street, 16'" Floor
Vancouver, BC V6C 3R8
CANADA
Sappi Limited
40 Amewshoff Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg 2001
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Adam J. Cohen
Lee D. Hoffman
Katherine A. Scanlon
Diane W. Whitney
Pullman & Comley, LLC
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT 06103-3702
(860) 424-4300
(860) 424-4370 (facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant Stora Enso North America Corporation
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Stora Enso Oyj
Kanavaranta |
FIN-00160, Helsinki
FINLAND
UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Etelaesplanadi 2, FIN-0013
Helsinki
FINLAND
/s/ Ryan M. DiSantis
Ryan M. DiSantis
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